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Ahead of Big 12 basketball’s big day, here’s how teams stack up

Texas Tech is one of the surprise teams not only in the Big 12, but the nation. I chronicled the Red Raiders rise to power in the American-Statesman on Friday.

But this entire conference is loaded. Here’s how I rank the entire league going into a Saturday that offers four of the best five teams clashing: